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Unscored RHSA-2008:0988 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 54

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as libxml2 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as libxml2-devel 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as libxml2-python 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw libxml2 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw libxml2-devel 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw libxml2-python 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es libxml2 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es libxml2-devel 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es libxml2-python 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws libxml2 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws libxml2-devel 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws libxml2-python 0:2.4.19-12.ent
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as libxml2 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as libxml2-devel 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as libxml2-python 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop libxml2 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop libxml2-devel 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop libxml2-python 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es libxml2 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es libxml2-devel 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es libxml2-python 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws libxml2 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws libxml2-devel 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws libxml2-python 0:2.5.10-14
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as libxml2 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as libxml2-devel 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as libxml2-python 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop libxml2 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop libxml2-devel 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop libxml2-python 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es libxml2 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es libxml2-devel 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es libxml2-python 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws libxml2 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws libxml2-devel 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws libxml2-python 0:2.6.16-12.6
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libxml2 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libxml2-python 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation libxml2 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation libxml2-devel 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server libxml2 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server libxml2-debuginfo 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server libxml2-devel 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server libxml2-python 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.7

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-4225

    Integer overflow in the xmlBufferResize function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial …

    libxml2 Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-4226

    Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denia…

    libxml2 Debian

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470466
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470480
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0988.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4225
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4225
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4225
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4226
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4226
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4226